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'where's the choreography?'

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • May 27
  • 1 min read

Newsflash: The Beatles didn't dance. The audience danced. The boys kept their pulses and grooved a little. To rub salt in the wound of Sony and Disney, check out the real thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInxwU27G30&list=RDjInxwU27G30&start_radio=1 All this synchronised bullshit came in with the Monkees and the imitators. People think that The Beatles danced because their tribute acts dance. - The Front Lawn didn't do steps. They turned everyday motion into poetry. Don used to accompany dancers for a living, but he'd never claim to be one. Taylor's able to dance better than most singers, but it's other people that surround her with the smooth - if hackneyed - steps of most live shows. - What the world needs is another Jerome Robbins... a genius dancer-choreographer. Though Tyler Peck tries, he's not really a dramatist in theatrical dance. That's my point to the show world: if you've got that, then do Baby Face. The truly great choreographers can turn a singer into a dancer-like figure. My view is that Taylor's gestures are fascinating, and the steps are slowing her down. In that case, the camera can help as well. About to do a fashion shoot... It's at 7:30am, so I've been up all night. - This is my point: my live show is me sitting down and doing songs. I don't stand because I'm a classical guitarist and my guitar is too expensive to break. My real plan is to use a cheaper guitar and a strap, then stand with a platform/footstool. I won't be dancing around, but I get into it (unlike most singer-songwriters).

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
May 26

Wasting $200 million to recreate something that was filmed in 1966 is pathetic. And don't pretend like it was going to be faithful: it was going to be Beatles drag. Re: Beatles Invade NZ, I was hoping to avoid songs from A Hard Days Night, but they're good and Paul insisted they were in their touring repertoire in June 1964. - If they don't want Waiting For The Beatles, then Danny Boyle might do it for us.

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